Definitions Flashcards

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Gross National Product

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  • Value of all the goods and services produced in an economy, plus the value of the goods and services imported, less the goods and services exported
  • measures the income of an economy, the quantity of goods and services the economy can afford to purchase
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Micro economics

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Detailed treatment of individual decisions about particular commodities

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Macroeconomics

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Is the study of the economy as a system

Interactions in the economy as a whole

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Aggregate supply

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Is aggregate supply itself and aggregate supply function

Aggregate supply itself - productive capacity available in the economy to produce goods and services

Aggregate supply function - schedule detailing the national products that would be supplied at each general price level

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Aggregate demand

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Aggregate demand itself and aggregate demand function

Aggregate demand itself - total sum of nominal expenditures on goods and services in the economy

Aggregate demand function - schedule detailing the quantity of national product that would be purchased at each general price level

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Inflation rate

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Is the percentage increase in the average price of goods and services

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Economic growth

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The growth rate of real GDP ( or real output) over a determine period of time (e.g. Annual, quarterly etc)

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Circular flow

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Shows how real resources and financial payments flow between firms and households

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Fiscal policy

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Government policy on spending and taxes with the purpose of stabilising the economy ( keep output close to potential output)

Made by treasury in gov

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Fiscal stance

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Shows the effect of fiscal policy on demand and output

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Expansionary fiscal policy aims to…

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Raise national income

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Contractive fiscal policy aims to…

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Reduce national income

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Monetary policy

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Concerns money supply. Controlled by the central bank.

Affects C and I by altering interest rates.

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Money supply

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Currency in circulation outside the baking system plus deposits of commercial banks and building societies

(Value of the stock of the medium of exchange in circulation)

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Open market operation

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Occurs when central bank alters the monetary base by buying or selling financial securities in the open market

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Real GDP

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At constant prices

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Nominal GNP

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At current prices

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Gross Domestic Product

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  • monetary value of economic activity in a period of time
  • market value of all the final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time
  • total value of an economies domestic output of goods and services
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Money

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Any generally accepted means of payment for delivery of goods or settlement of debt

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Money as a store

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Money is a store of value because it can be used to make future purchases

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Bank reserves

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Money available in the bank to meet possible withdrawals by depositors

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Reserve ratio

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Ratio of reserves to deposits

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Commercial banks

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Financial intermediaries licensed to make loans and issue deposits, including deposits against which cheques can be written

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Monetary Base

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Quantity of notes and coin in private circulation plus the quantity held by the banking system

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Money multiplier
Is the ratio of the money stock to the monetary base
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Cost of holding money
Is the interest given up by holding money rather than bonds
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Transactions Motive
The transactions motive for holding money reflects the fact that payments and receipts are not synchronised
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Asset motive
The asset motive for holding money reflects dislike of risk. People sacrifice a high average rate of return to obtain a portfolio with a lower but safer rate of return
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Required reserve ratio
Minimum ratio of cash reserves to deposits that banks are required to hold
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Demand management
Uses monetary and fiscal policy to stabilise output near potential output
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Inflation
Is a persistent increase in the general price level of goods and services in an economy over a period of time ( represented by pie in macroeconomics)
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Potential output
All inputs fully employed
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Real money supply
M/P
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Leakage from circular flow...
Is money no longer recycled from households to firms
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Injection to circular flow
Is money that flows to firms without being cycled through households
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Nominal exchange rate
Price of foreign currency in this market
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Real exchange rate
The relative price of foreign goods in terms of domestic goods It depends on the nominal exchange rate, the domestic price level and the foreign price level
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Stock of money
A given quantity of money in the economy
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Flow of money
Money used to carry out transactions per unit of time
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Unemployment
Those who are available for work at the current wage rate, but are without a job
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Labour force
Those employed plus those unemployed
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Rate of inflation
Measures the annual percentage increase in prices
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Hyper inflation
Means high inflation. Often defined as 50% per month.
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Stagflation
High inflation in periods of high unemployment
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Comparative Advantage
A country has a comparative advantage in producing a good if the opportunity cost of producing that good in terms of other goods is lower in that country that it is in other countries
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Opportunity cost
The number of a determined good that could have been produced with the resources used to produce another good
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Domestic supply (DS) (international)
Production of commodity Q supplied by a country over a determined period of time (month, year etc)
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Foreign supply (FS) (international)
Production of commodity Q supplied by a foreign country over a determined period of time
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Domestic demand (DD) (international)
Quantity of good Q demanded by consumers in a country over a determined period of time
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Foreign demand (FD) ( international )
Quantity of good Q demanded by consumers in a foreign country over a determined period of time
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Domestic equilibrium in Autarky (international)
Quantities of domestic demand and domestic supply that are stable under the internal or domestic price of commodity Q
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Domestic equilibrium in an open economy (international)
Quantities of domestic demand and domestic supply that are stable under the external price of commodity Q
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Autarky
Closed economy - countries do not trade
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Domestic support policies
Instruments used to favour a sector in the economy e.g CAP
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Specific tariffs
Are levied as a fixed charge for each unit of good imported
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Ad valorem tariffs
Taxes that are levied as a fraction of the value of the imported goods
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Export subsidies
Payment to a firm or individual that ships a good abroad
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Balance of payment
Records transactions of exports/imports and financial assets
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Uncovered interest parity condition
States that the return from investing in the domestic and the foreign assets market must be the same